if you're root... perhaps it has something to do with your selinux/permissions access?? don't quote me on this.. On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Germán A. Racca <german.racca@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi there: > > I have a PC with Fedora 12 x86_64 and Gnome desktop, and when I want to > install a program, I go to System -> Administration -> Add/Remove > Software, then I select the package, and finally it asks me for the root > password. > > But in my notebook, with Fedora 12 i686 and Gnome desktop, the same > procedure as above doesn't ask me for the root password, but rather I > get the error: > > "Authorization failed > You have failed to provide correct authentication > Please check any passwords or account settings." > > What happened? I'm missing some configuration steps? > > Regards, > Germán > -- > Germán A. Racca > National Institute for Space Research (INPE) > São José dos Campos - SP - Brasil > http://sites.google.com/site/gracca > http://gracca.wordpress.com > > > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
